Adopting adult learning principles in assessment design can help to shift the focus towards authentic assessment tasks. That is, connecting assessment tasks with the real world makes learning ...

Imagine you were reading this article in a busy café. You would probably notice that the degree of attentional focus required for reading waxes and wanes in unison with the noise from other patrons ...

Your employees bring a lifetime of experiences to every training session. Sometimes they’ll know more than you do about specific hazards and safety conditions in their current jobs. When you design ...

Psychological research on learning is sometimes overemphasized in the classroom, but that doesn’t mean some concepts shouldn’t play an important role in teachers’ approaches. A report released last ...

Phenomenon-based learning empowers students to apply disciplinary knowledge to real-world situations. Here, Sue Lee and Kate Cuthbert outline the principles of PhBL and how it can be adopted in higher ...

Aspiring teachers are unfamiliar with basic principles of learning science and should learn how to connect those principles to practice, according to a new report from Deans for Impact. Last fall, ...